Critical Mid-Year Matching Membership Drive Is Underway

May 14, 2018 at 12:50 pm

As you know from our various communications, NOM is hard at work fighting for marriage, religious liberty and the truth of gender in Congress, state legislatures, the courts and the court of public opinion. We’re fighting for legislation, pro-marriage judicial nominees and presidential actions to protect marriage and the right of people to live out the truth of marriage at work and in their daily lives. But our success is dependent on the enthusiasm and support of our members, and that is why it's essential that we grow our membership base.

I am pleased to announce that we are beginning a 30 day mid-year membership campaign with the support of a donor who will match every membership contribution we receive up to a total gift of $50,000! Membership in NOM is a minimum of $35, and there is no limit on the amount someone may give. Can you take the step of making a membership contribution todayknowing that whatever you give will be matched dollar for dollar?

Together this year, we've won some remarkable victories. Earlier this month, we were able to rally thousands of NOM members to contact Senator Rand Paul to urge him to vote to confirm pro-marriage Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo. Pompeo had been viciously attacked by liberal Senator Cory Bookerbecause of his support for traditional marriage, and Sen. Paul had voiced his opposition to Pompeo on other grounds. But after NOM swung into action, Sen. Paul announced a change of heart and Pompeo was confirmed. This shows what we can do when we work together!

Because of the support of our members, NOM has played a key role in the pending Supreme Court case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, where we are fighting for Jack Phillips and all Christians to be free of persecution by government for standing up for their beliefs about marriage at work and in business. Nobody should be forced to abandon their religious views in order to maintain their livelihood.

Right now we are fighting in Congress for legislation (the First Amendment Defense Act) to protect people of faith from governmental retribution for standing for the truth of marriage. We've already helped secure a government-wide directive from the Trump administration to protect the religious liberty rights of marriage supporters in every department and agency of the federal government.

We're advocating for the confirmation of pro-marriage judges like Gordon Giampietro, a distinguished former federal prosecutor and devout Catholic who has been nominated by President Trump to the federal bench in the eastern district of Wisconsin. Unfortunately, he's being blacklisted by a liberal Senator because he opposed the illegitimate ruling of the US Supreme Court in the Obergefell case imposing gay 'marriage' on the nation.

While much of what President Trump has done in office has been excellent, sometimes he makes mistakes, such as his nomination of a radical lesbian activist to a key civil rights post who thinks that LGBT rights are superior to the rights of other Americans. We are actively opposing her confirmation.